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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1858-09-21

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r . . . Wi . .. . , . f VOL. IYr MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1858. NO 45, The ! Watcher. Cfother! watch the little feet, ViClimbing o'er the garden wall, t hrough the busy street, yUanglng cellar, shed, and hall; Never count the moments lost, Nevermind the lime it costs, little feet will go astray, vGuide!tncni,'muther, while you may. 1 1 ijf i f -, :.. i H ' ; , " "Mother! watch the little haod, Picking berriea by the way, :y. Hakinghouaes inthe sand. Tossing up the fragrant hay, Never dare the question ask,. 'Why tome the.heavy task!'!, . , , , These 'same little hands may prove, " " Messengers of light and love. Mother! waVh the little tongue, ' PrattiiaJ etojitcnt jpdild; j 'i,) What is said and what is sung ' - By tho happy, joyous child, ,K jCalsh the word whUe. yetjinspoken : fBttpJtpe voyflfXet.uiiVen. (I f -This same lefngue (nay yet proclaim lessinge in the Bayiot'e nainej ,f ; ,. j v. ':; '). :- ' . . ' Motherl.watch the little heart, , , ., BcaUiig, soft and warm, for you; ' Wholesome lessons now Impart, '. . Keep. O keep that young heart true, Extricating every ted, 1 : '3 ' . fSarj; g,d aflcf preciout aeed ': ,; -J, eHarvMtVKhVilhnmayj.ia8i- Ss ' Ripening for. eternity.. . , , ...... Historical Valua bf th' Pentateuch: We do not reJlizo that without the Pentateuch Jirtt.ftre.ia, theMlcaa io the creation of the world, of man, of the origin of evils points which sorely puzzle philosophers now and Tot whii no solution is possible apart from Bible, history not only this, but it is the only reliable narrative of a period of two thousand ftve Hundred and fifty-three years. The history of two thousand three hundred and sixtv-ninei years of this time is com-prised in'tbo bpok of Genesis. It seems from the fifth chapter of Genesis that Methuselah was contemporary with Adam about two hundred and fifty years, with Noah about six hundred, and ono hundred with Shem. - Shorn lived one hundred and fifty years into the time of Abraham so that Abraham had the story of the first things only second hand from Adam himself. As the oldest historian of the world was a Hebrew, -we see the importance of this close connection of the nation with the lather of thTaee, and also one apparent reason for the great ago of tho antedoluvian patriarchs it was necessary! to a faithful transmission of history,. Their average age was eight hundred and fifty yeari each. : , -Too tradition of the ilood is more widely spread than that of any other event of the world's history. All nations agree in its outlines ""d vory many in tho moro minute detail as the amount of the raven and dove ; but what this .irUle spread tradition s.gn.fies we should have gued " J but, craphio pen of tho Hebrew historian, lo him too is-the world indebted for the git outlines of primitive history, without, u:y the rhodern student would loso bimsell in the labyrinthine way. He has described I he division of the earth after tho flood how Ivi-topi and Northern Asia fell to Japeth, Con-tratAsia to Shem, and Africa to Ham. Shorn was tho progenitor of the Hebrews, Arabians, Syrians, Assyrians, Porsians, and Lydians. Japheth was tho father of tho Caucasian ra-ces The tradition of the Arabs ascribed to hint eleven sons, who wore the parents of as many Asiatic tribes or nations. Ham was the father of Cuch, whose descendants appear to have settled in Southern Asia and Ethiopia ;' of Mizraim, whose children peopled a part of Africa ; of Phut, who also was the head of an African race ; and of Canaan, from whom sprang the Phoenicians and in-i..i,;,anr, nf I'nlsstina. The historr of Mo ses alone gives us an account o( the origin of languages ; of the great Assyrian empire ; of the calling or tne neorew peopie me oiuesi living nation of the world. This is the ear-v. ..itkontiA nwnrrl of war. about 1913 B. C, between Chederlaomer and the Pentapohs ' . . . . i . i i of Sodom. Ul jaosos- accouni oi me ue-struction of Sodom and Gomorrah the writer says : " We ' have recently been furnished :,k . t.ibinn. nmnf ot the historical accura cy of tho Pentateuch, even in those parts of the narrative wnicn pariaito oi me miraculous, in tho results of the United States Ks t : L'vnliiinn (a fhft rivar .Torrlnn nhd the Dead Sea, conducted by Lieut. Lynch of the Savy. , We enierea,- says me iniem-gs nt ommander of that Exedition, upon .1,. niik rnnflir.tincr ouinions. One of the iun t.... - o i t party was skeptical, and another, I think, a In tha Mosaiciil account Aftr twenty-two days' close investigation, if I am not mistaken, we weie unanimous in me r tliA truth of the Scriutural ac- VUTIVIIVU vi " . . count of the destruction of the Cities of the Plaid." . Ho considers that the inference Irom .t,. a.!rU..r mnnnt that the chasm which is now tilled by the Dead Sea, was a plain which was. sunk ana overwneimea, wnen these cities were destroyed, is fully sustained by theextraordinary character ol the soundings obtain.! in that sea. The bottom of the lanref and deeper portion lies fully thirteen hundred fest below the surface. A ravine Twig through It in a line corresponding with tbAbtd of the Jordan, from which the inference is obvious, that tho channel of tho Jor- D.nlr AntM-n nF rusliod inLa thb chasm made by ' bituminous volcanic explosion, the waters wiping rather inan quencning me conflaaralion.' The, sinking of the plain ol the Jordan formed a bed (bra lake sixty or seventy mile! 'long;' from ton ' to eighteen wide' ., . , .. To the sacred historian we are mdebtod for the earliest history of that grange people the Arabs, whose tnomalouseharacter would be unexplainable' without the light thrown i. i. u;., .,,..t;. The agreement oe- tweeothe sacred . writer and profane history in the Egyptians is reiuaruio. . a. iraesd ia the story of Joseph, under the name r. .-A (. ih.l nf Mnnea himself, the Taweivw fif the world- :.u ig PP'd that Moscbus lhselebrated Phoenician sage, is out same ror Mose.' aou. """i r," .. ..i ri,ol- irnUin: the EirVD- aiscipi" w i i - f , tiart superstition and Mosaw rerelation found .l. n.i.in rr.,r.nnto U thus accounted for. 1.1 Ul. w,u.v - - -.-J- .... CO -4 The wntsroi tqiru;isiisB' l" that Moses wag not only the father or nislo-rr bat also the bnnwm author of alphabetical writing, and. since there is ne prior twee of it, that the Decalogue was the original speci- 'j6n Of wrhen language giron to in n. 'Vi'il;f'll Uceiitf. t 'I A. Pitiful Case, As one of our carriers was going his round yesterdav morning, he noticed a little boy, apparently about ten years oiu, lying in the doorway of Mr. Horner's grocery, at the corner of Second and Chestnut Sts. As it was quite early barely five o'clock Mr. Hornor had not yet opened, but did so wnuo our car-rier was talking with the boy. The appear ance of tho little fellow was dejected in the extreme His clothing, the little he had, was torn and dirty; his feet were bare, and sore In two dr three pieces; hischeeks were thin and hollow with fasting; and his general appear ance was that ot a ball-starved and almost dying creature. in answer to the inquiries made, be stated that his name was William Walton that his parents both died about a month ago that he had a grandmother living in. Madison, Indiana, but he could not get to her that ho had no relative or friend in the city. For a month he has been playing about in different parts of the city, and had -nothing to eat except tho little .bread' and bu.yor the boys would sometimes get for lrimi . He- wag afraid to beg from door to door ashamed to do it and he slept wherever he could find a place. WJicn found, ho was,coiled up with his singlo thin eoait buttoned closJ around bis body, aqd bis bitnds' tHriist Up uncler it, fof the night nir was quite cold and chilly. Mrs. Horner took him into the grocery and gavo hiin some cakes, and promised him some hot cotTvo as soon as sho could get it ready.., Think of it boys. One month ago, William Walton had a happy : home with a loving father and mother, who provided him with comforts if not luxuries; yesterday he was starving in' tho midst of plenty his only food beinrr the charity he- received from sncli other boys s were kindly enough disposed to listen to his tale of sorrow, as ho watched them iovfui'v at play, or tried to still the gnawings of hunjor by joining in' their sports wnen tney would permn mm io piay whu them. Louisville Demi "Idler ruu&itj'." Cared. On Franklin's first trio to see his father in Boston: ho was worried almost to death by the abominable inquisitivencss' of the New Eng land tavern-keepers. -Neither man nor beast could travel among them in comfort. . No matter how wet or weary, how hungry the poor traveler might be, ho was not to expect an atom of refreshment from tho silly publicans until their . most pestiferous curiosity was first gratified. And then Job himsell could not stand such questions as they would goad him with ; such as, where became from, and where he might be a-go'.ng, ana what religion he might be of, and if he was a married man, and so on. Alter having been pro- digiously teased in this way for several days, until at last the bare sight of a public house almost threw him into an ague, he determined to try tho following remedy at tho very next tavern : As soon as ho alighted from bis horse be desired tho tavern-keeper to collect bis whole family, wife, children and servants, every soul of them, for he had something van Hi important to communicate. All being assembled, and wondering what he had to say, he thus addressed them : " My name is Benjamin Frinklin. I am a printer by trade. I live, when at home, in Philadelphia. In Boston I havo a lather, a good old man who taught me, when I was a boy, to read my book and say my prayers, i have ever sinco thought it my duty to visit and pay my respects to such a father, and I am on that errand to Boston now. This is jU that lean at present recollect of myself that I think worth telling you. But, il you . .a I M ti,n lliof WStll UMifK tf can tninK ,v uj-i'"b r,'. know about me, i wg you io oui wnn ii ai once that I may answer, ana so give you an opportunity to get me someJh'ng to eat, for I long to bo on my journey, that i my rtt'irn as soon as possible to my mmny aim business, where I most of all delight to be." lorty thousand sermons against idle curiosity could hardly havo driven it so effectually out of New England as did this little squib of ridi cule. Weem't Lift of Wushington. - Foreign Adventurers and American uiris. One of tho most vexatious troubles among the wealthy families of the United States, is the attachments which their daughters form for unprincipled foreign adventurers,' who come over here for tho vory purpose of better ing their fortunes or gratifying their love or social intrigue, by making the acquaintance of romantic young ladies connected with wealthy families. At tho present time several distinguished citizens are chasing some of these whiskered adventurers who have run off with spoiled and silly girls. It is but a few days since one of these fel lows, an escaped convict, turned tho lieils of half the girls in ewark, 2i. o. A i-Uort time since, a Creole barber, of very dark complexion, nourished through the southern cities, under the titlu of Don Carlos de Castro, a political exilo Irom his immense plantations in Cuba, and caused a hundred susceptible young girls to languish for his love. Mr. Blount, a distinguished lawyer of Mobile, is now In chaso ol a whiskered Frenchman, a bogus Count, claiming to be an officer of the Zouaves, of Crimean celebrity, who has run olf from Mobile, leaving his landlord and tailor unpaid, and taking with him Mr. Blount's wife and daughter, tho mother having become quite as infatuated with the profligate adventurer as her daughter, and gone off Ho see then married. This fellow flourished in Njff-York as Caatain Henri Arnaud de Ri viere, until he had destroyed the peace of several families and was exposed as an impostor, aftor which ho went South to play off his impudence. Mr. Gidding'i Successor. Mr. Hutchins, of Warren, who has been nominated for Congress in the district So long represented" by Mr. Giddings, belong to the same school of politics as the latter, and is even more radisal. having been a Liberty-party man when Mr. 0. was a whig. The Cleveland Ltatler says of him '. Mr. Hutchins is an able lawyer, and stands at the head of (he bar in Trumbull county, having been for a long limo regarded as the best advocate in that county. He is in politics as fully radical as Mr. Giddings, having been a Liberty-party man since its organization. .. ' Mr. Qiddings in his remarks said that he should CO back to Concress this winter and tell them that ha was to be succeeded by a younger and abler man, who would mlly sustain the reputation of ibe District r : (7- Here is a nice morsel for the Douglas Democrats, we clip 11 irom we wasmngton Union, of the Oih . ' . ' ' 'I'irnrinmi ws the sDot in which the trek- snp o Bencdi'-t Arnold in the1 Revolution was iovcliper. fadame ;Nemosi has reads it tho common plotting grouna 01 vougiae, Vi))teT Jiavis, Bla'r ami ureeiey. A Comfortable Establishment. 1 A correspondent of the New-York Independent thus describes the domain of tho Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth : " The domain of the Duke of Devonshire, would occupy one of pur-largest counties. The park immediately surrounding the palace is eleven miles in circumference, and contains three thousand acres. The principal garden for vegetables, fruits, green-houses, &c, is twenty-five acres. There are thirty green-houses, each from fifty to. sevonty-five feet long. We went into three or lou containing nothing but pine-apples, ripe ; others contained nothing but melons and cucumbers. One peach tree on tho glass wall measures fifty-one feet in width, and fifteen feet in height, and bears one thousand peaches. It is the-- largest in the world. The grape-houses, five or six in all, arc six hundred feet long, and such grapes ! Wo saw pine apples weighing ten or fifteen pounds each. Ono green house had only figs ; another only mushrooms. But what shall bo said of tho great conservatory, filled with every variety of tropical plants'? It is one of tho wonders of tho world. It covers an acre of ground, is one hundred feet high, of oval shapo, and cost $500,000. It is heated by steam and bot water pipes, which, in all, are six miles in length. The apparatus oonsumes six hundred tons of coal in a year. We saw banana trees twenty feet high, with clusters of fruit, sugar-cane, ceffeo trees, bamboo, and in short, every tropical pUnt that can be named. Several of tho palm trees are from fifty to sixty feet high. Tho smoke of tho immense lire underneath is carried in pipes under ground to an outlet in the woods. The conl is brought in a tunnel six hundred yards under ground. One fountain throws a jet of water to the height of two-hundred and seventy-fire feet." Support your Home Paper. We recommend to a careful reading the following article from the Cloveland Herald. We know of nothing that is more disheartening to tho publisher ol a country nowspaper than to bo told, as he too often is, when soliciting subscribers : " I foel too poor to take your paper ;. I lake the Tribune, or some oth-nM lincrA fAi-mcn wneklv. and it onlv Costa me I.! " - D I'J , J adollurayenr and Contains twice as much reading as yours aoes, wnon me receipts 01 .... lr a! llis nflicn named would bo doublo UllO Ww.- . - ; the yearly receipts of his country paper, and when if the foreign paper were publishedsev-enty-flvo yoaW it would not result in as much t. . i,;.o'f nnd tho countv in which UVIIvUb vu Hiwiovw - - - ho lives, as would a single ween a cuiuon 01 his own county paper, iteso me annexcu ar-.:i if ttio. nJviftM contained in it is vlvlU ovw .. -- ' not such as will commend itself every en lightened mind ; l!.11rt if a home naner is to be sup ported, homo influence must do it. Every dollar sent to eastern papers is ai, me ka-penso of the local papers. A county acquires prominence through its papers moro than in any other way, and to every one who has county interests at stake, his home paper is a nocessity. . JNever win susn a man tane a paper printed away from home, until he is able to take a second paper. ' His first paper . Will be his home sheet, and he will bo identify his own interests with that of his county as to consider his subscription as much a matter of yearly duty as the payment of his taxes." As Old Deposit of Specie Found. Hos-orablb Conduct. Sevorol years ago, James Young, a wealthy citizen of Milford township, Butlor county, deceased, leaving property val-uod at $105,000, to be equally divided between his five children. Subsequently the homestead was sold to a Mr.. Williamson who has resided on it sinco the sale. , A few days ago Mrs. W. found an old Spanish half-dollar whilo sweeping in a closet near a chimney in tho main sitting room. .She continued to swccd and soon after found several additional coius of similar character. Remembering Mr. Yi.unir'S former habits, her curiosity was ex cited and she sent for her husband, to whom she exhibited her prizo. They then instituted search and in a lew moments foutid a crack in the sido of the chimney, and upon Ali.nrinif ftwav some rubbish, they found a de- posit ol $1,70U in OIU opaiiisn silver cuius ui . - r . , 1 c. .1. . .ii r II 1 (.nominations. Cicn picco oi wnitu Jated as far back as lt2. air. Williamson immediately sent for tho heirs ofdeeeased, anJ surrendered to them the mtire amount. Thn huird tinuwVAl inSlAtfld UDOlt Paving Mr. W. and his lady $50 each, making attogeiner a reward of $250. The conduct of Mr. W.ana his laay ius honorable in an exalted degree. Many per sons would have considered themselves legitimate proprietors of the treasure, and, would have retained it the heirs being none the wiser. The heire likewise manifested a very praiseworthy generosity Cm. Gazette. Sept. 13. . Tun Vnnnrif v PtlT.nnin DtRAATRR -SlTI- sfnt TCTLf VuniMS-KR YflfttefdftV & ft 0111 0011 Vivu vr ansa u.iuim" - - - j VHttraci Tnrifr.r inrinnriv engineer uuun me Now Haven Kiilroad. came to tho house of ii,wi;nA 'n 'A'ni 'lntli Aveniia. wbcro ill I O, UUUIIIVl ....... 1 - he had formerly boarded, and dosired a bed, stating tnatho had beon up all night, having nnma Imin Hnulntl. SIlB COmnlicd witll llili request. At eight o'clock he was called to supper, but made no answer, ai ten, nenry Walters, tne twaraer wno occupieu wiu ruum, An tin In (hit rnnm tf fO to bed when he discovered Tucker dead on the bod, and a pool or blood upon mo noor. i no uniortu-nate man had severed tho arteries on the in- sidoof the elbow. Mr. Tucker was engincerof the train which thn Kriito-o t Knrwalk. Connecticut. producing oae of the most horriblo and latal disastors known in the history of railroad management. This occurrence, it is said, has preyed npon his spirits ever since, and un-doubtedly led to h is unhappy end. He leaves a wile and two children, supposed to bo at present in the vicinity of Troy. N. Y. Pott, iVr-.Tudirx DniiL'lis was - received with great attention the other day, at St. Louis. Ho was serenanea at ntgni, ana - crowuou by day by admirers, and when he took his departure he was accompanied to Belleville, 111 l hn,l of music and five hundred men. His wife was with him, and shared the honors. At Belleville, the Republican says : ... Tk w1ur' stand was ornamented with oak branches, in which were entwined the national colors, and decoralet witn mipia-tora American thgs. , From this stand,, tho Senator addressed tho acres of people who surrounded it, for more than two hours, in a tylo of eloquence and logic which he alone can produce and combine. The leaves of the Aid L.r.rt tr.fa fairlv Jihotik with the bursts ol applause boocatu their shade, which greet ed the speaker at almost every penoa.; TiiH IIes-Pecked Husband'sConsola-Tios-The great beauty of a wife is, that, if she abuses you herself, she won't let any one eUl '.bti.v you. . An Unpleasant Beat. ' The N. Y.' Tribunt, In a report of Quaran tine matters, has the following i Yesterday, Sergt. Sam lire voort stole a few moments from his arduous labors as Commissary, to take a' walk over the Quarantine grounds." After looking among the tents and new buildings erected, ho seated himself on a large rough box under the shade of a tree, and was quietly reflecting upon the unpoctic character of camp life, and the ut'er want of exalted sentiment in the employment of fur nishing beef, bacon, beans, potatoes, bread and butter for sixty policemen, nut nis reverie was interrupted by hearing a voice, and look-intr about, he discovered one of tho hospital employees addressing him, and tho dialoguo proceeded as touows : " Hullo there, you sojer man," said the employee. ' ' "Well," said Sam, rather voxed at the want of appreciation of his official position, "What do you want?" " Like your seat t" was tne next quostion. ' Yes," said S.im. " Suppose I do. What then ? " " Well, I only wanted to say the man in tho box vou're setlin' on died of the Yaller Jack yesterday, and I kinder thought you jni;ht liko to know tho fact." Sain jumped about twelve foot. Without stopping to thank the party for his informa tion, he left the Hospital grounds to resume his duties among the commissariat. A railroad Man runs off with a Win ter's Wife. An Elopement. The people of Lifayetto were startled some days since at tho an nouncement of an extraordinary elopement. Mr. Sherwood, the Secretary of tho Lafayette Railroad Company, and Mrs. Allen, wife of a Presbyterian minister of that city, joined company and left for parts probably unknown. Mrs. Allen left bcr husband on a pretended visit toSt. Louis. Her husband was to moot her there, but on reaching tho city found hor not there, and the truth of her roal intentions and actions was revealed to him. Sherwood left a wife and two children, and cent word to his wife, after leaving Lafayetto, to dispose of her goods and with her children go back to her father. Wo heard of this circumstance several days since, but did not learn the names of the parties until yesterday. The La lay otto papers are silent about tho matter. It is proper to say that Mrs. Allen has been but a short time a resident of Lafayette, having come there a stranger, when her husband settled there in charge of the First Frosbytcrian Church. Indianapolis Journal. , . The Great MaiIi Contract. By the terms ,of tho contract for carrying tho mail twice a week overland from Memphis, via lYeston, Kl Paso, through Arizona, to Fort Yuma, thenco by San Barnartlino to San Franciscd. the contractors were lo commence running the" present week. The contract is for six years, and tho compensation $600,000 per annum, besides a section of land at every ten miles of the entire route. This seems to bo the most wild and foolish scheme ever undertaken, even if it be practicable. What earthly good is to bo euecte.1 by an ovoriara moil twice a week across that God-forsaken recrion. is past the wit of man to guess. Yet our uovernmeni unuertan.es to pay u,uw,-000 for this service. Ono object aimed at i. . A- 'l CtlV probably was to draw settlements tor stations, along the Gadsden Railroad route. Cleveland Met aid. Twelve O'clock at New York. Appleton's Railway and Steam navigation Guide, of Juno, has on page 27, a "Timo Indicator," which shows the difference of time between various cities in the United States. When it is twelve o'clock in Now York, it is At Boston, Mass 12 minutes past 12 At Portland Maine 16 minutes past 12 At Philadelphia, l'a., 00 minutes past 11 At Baltimore, Md 50 minutes past 11 At Richmond, Va., 46 minutes past 11 At Buffalo, N. Y 40 minutes post 11 At CharlcstoJ, S. C, 36 minutes past 11 At Pittsburgh, Pa., 35 minutes past 11 At Wheeling, Va., 34 minutes past 11 At Cleveland, Ohio 30 minutes past 11 At Augusta, Go., 30 minutes past 11 At Detroit, Mich., 24 minutes past 11 At Columbus, Ohio 24 minutes past 11 At Cincinnati, Ohio 20 minutes past 11 At Indianapolis, In J 14 minutes past 11 At Louisville. Ky 14 minutes past 11 At Chicago, III., C minutes past 11 At New Orleans, La,,.... 55 minutes past 10 At St. Louis. Mo 55 minutes past 10 At St. Paul, Min.,. . . . . . .44 minutes past 10 Adventure ok a Pioveeb. Jacob Byerly, who died recently in Westmoreland county, Pa., at the ago of 99 years, was at one time a resident of the only cabin between Fort Pitt and Ligonier. In tho revolution po was ac tive, and his scouting cxpeaiiipna cxiouueu thmufh. Western Vircinia and Pennsylvania, And inin Ohio. Ho went with a party to bury twenty-one settlers, who had been killed at Wheeling; went to the relief of Fort Lawrence and Wallace's station; was on a scout to Punxatawnoy, and joined 'in the pdrsuit bf tho party who killed tne wniarus; was on the exoedition against the Tuscaroras in Ohio, and served under Gem Broadhead in the destruction ol the towns ol the Cornplontor Indians. In this etpedition, while following a trail, in coninonv with .Jacob Smith and. an other scout, he killed an Indian chief in a band to hand conflict. n a 11 '1 OT An old Dutch farmer, jutft arrived at the dignity of Justice of tho l'ajce, had his first marriage case, Jte.fliu it up in, fB)s,way. Ho first said to the man;- rVcll.ybu rants to bo marrit, to .you?. ..Veil, you )pvesldis. vol. man so gool as any voman you havo jsecni'.' "Yes." answered the man. Then., to tho woman: "Veil, do you lovo dls man so better as any man you have ever seen?.'' She hosi-lated a little, and be repeated: "Veil, tell, do you like him so veil as to bo his vife?" "Ys, yes," sho answered. '"Veil, dat ish all any reasonable man can expect. So y u ra marrit: I nronotinco vou man and vife." The man asked the J usttco wnat was 10 pay : "Nothine at all. nothing at all; you are vel- como to it if it will to you any gooa.". Tus Great Rains or 1858. The amount of rain that has fallen over a largo portion ol the United States in six weeks, running from the 1st of May to the 2th of June,, has scarcely a poralle'.. , The Pittsburg Journal says the average ol observations will give about Uo inches in May, and five inches to the 12th of June, or fifteen inches in forty-three days. . These .rains do not appear to have been local but extend east and west at least one thousand m ilea, and north and south half that distance. ; Prom th TuncirawM Ailvotnt. ' The "Hankers in Trouble.' ; A bomb sholl thrown into the camp of an enemy, could not have mated more fluttering than tho nomination of Uolmick did among tho leading Hunkers at the county scat. They know that he is personally popular, and that scores of the rank and file of their party will vote for him at the polls. To create a preju dice against him, they are resorting to every species of lying and deception. J he whole Hunker crew are now plotting day and ntjrlit to get up Roorbacks to defeat him. One of the latest lies put afloat is, that Uelmick did not bolt from the Democratic party in conse quence of the passage of the Nebraska Bill but boeauso the Tuscarawas Democratic County Convention refused in 1854 to favor his nomination for Congress. Here at home tne Hunker leaders well know that this lying statement would have no effect but they put U atloat, expecting that it will injure Uelmick in the other counties of the District. From the day the Nebraska Bill was intro duced until its final passage, no man was more bostile to this pet measure of Pierce, than Mr. Uelmick. Upon all occasions, ho bitter ly denounced the repeal of the Uissoun Com promise ho openly declared it would be an act of perfidy on the part of the South, and that he would stick to no party, which sustained a measure that opened all our territories to the blighting curse of Slavery. He was an Anti-Nebraska Democrat. AI that time, vou could hardly find a Democrat with a search warrant, that sustained the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, hven some orthe candidates on their county ticket here could not stem the torrent but declared themselves to be opposed to the Nebraska Bill. After its passage, the leaders in this State tried to quell the excitement by declaring that Democrats could either support or oppose the Bill, and yet remain within the pale of their party. But the powers at Washington determined to make every man toe tho mark. President Pierce's organ, tho Washington Union, thun dered it into the cars of tho faithful, that ovury man who did not sustain tho Nebraska isill wos an alien to the party, and should be branded as a TRAITOR. Tho result was, thousands upon thousands of Democrats broke the shackles of party, and joined tho Repub lican standard, and among the first ot these was Wm. Uelmick, ournomincefor Congress. His name will be found signed with other Democrats, Whigs and Free Sailers, to an Address published in 1351, calling up in the voters of this county, to assemble, without regard to party, to form a "People's ticket," to be composed of men who were opposu to the Nebraska Bill. - When the leaders hero at the county seat found that Uelmick could not swallow their rascally measures but was determined to bolt, they held a caucus and sent for him, and offered to nominate him for Congress if he wouldonly stick tothe party. As the Demo crats had abandoned tho principles of Jefferson, a scat in Congress bad no charm for him, if he had to stick to therotton hulk of Locofbcoisui. So he spurned their proffered support, and that full, by his speeches and personal influence, did much to roll up tho tremendous ma jority in favor of the "People's ticket.', But, says an honest Democrat his namo was announced in tho Loco paper as a candidate before their Congressional Convention in 1854. That's true. But it was dono by some of his personal or political friends. He was then looked upon as a decidedAnti-Nebraska Democrat, and always declared him self as such. His position then might be com pared to that once occupied by old lack. When Gen. Taylor was in Mexico, his Whig friends wrote to him and i;ld him tney intended to elect him President. Old Zack, in reply told them that "he was a whig hut not an ultra Whig," and ho would bo pleased to receive their support. The Democrats also wrote to him, that ho should receive their votes. Ho thanked them kindly Jor their proffered support. Next came trie Native Americans, who also notified him that they would sustain him at the polls. Old Zack thanked them all for their votes. But in doing so, ho was still a Whig ho did not abandon an iota of his Whig principles. So with Uelmick in 1854. He was an open and avowed Anti-Nebraska man. Many of his friends pushed Ins namo forward as a candidate for Congress, lie was willing to receive the votes of Nebraska and Anti Nebraska men of Whigs, Free Soilers and Democrats but in doing so, he would not abate one iota of his hostility to tho rascally Nebraska Bill And even now be will be pleased to leceive the voto of a Lecomptonite butbe it known, if ho is elected, he will oppose to the bitter end, the extension of Slaverv into rree ter ritory will go in fol lowering the wages of members ot t-ongrcss, and will support, Willi all bis ability, the passage of a Homestead Bill, which will enable every poor man, with out money and without price, to get 160 acres of Western Land. Such are the pi inciples he represents, and if he is elected, he will not, liko his competitor, as soon as ho arrives in Washington, turn a political somerset, and act treacherously to the will of his constituents. (ET The Now-York llvald states that " for the first time in the history of emigration to the united States from the British Islands, there is now a preponderance in tho move ment toward Australia and Canada over that toward these- shores. ' The official returns made up in England show that fufilic first three months of 1858 the aggregate number of emigrants from Great Britain was l'J,- 000, of whom only were bound lor tne United 1 States' 'against 10,720 for the corns- ponding 'priod';Ot,18u7.'.Of the rost, 9,868 wore bound- fo"tb Australian colonics. ..It attained its msximomjigure i J 863.. when it reached 373,7x5-(This was reduced to less than one-half in 1857.' when the emigration only wiwho4,J&WMV .ii OCT Baron Alexander Von Humboldt, in a letter dated lierlint Aug. 10th, Says : ' I have delayed writing to express my dcop gratitude till now, almost flattering myself, in my 89th year, with the hope that 1 might transsresa the orders of my physicians, re quiring mo to remain quiet and without change. My wishes h.tro not been fulfilled. Kot mv laboriousness, not the interest which I take in the free pnblio intellectual lile of Germany, but my physical powers, are rapidly declining, and 1 must deny myself the privilege ol going where 1 am drawn oy pleasant and suggestive recollections ana feelings of tho deepest gratitude. 02r The Missouri Rfublica of yesterday 1 . 1 t ,, . . nis 1119 loiiuwing . ; . V.Mr-rinw T I.r 1TIIV WOBTll ClTT. The municipal election in Leavenworth City took place on Monday last, it resuitea in me in-nmnti nt ilia unlir Dumoerstio ticket. H. B. n.nm.n Kn . warn ntnolml Mavor br about two hundrei and seventy-five majority over the Lilac litpuoncan canuiu. ; California Advices. , Fusion of the Republicans and Anti- Lecomptoa Democrats:1 Nkw-York, Sept. 13. The Bteamer Star of the, West- arrived Saturday night with nearly $1,700,000 in treasure. California dates are to August 20. The Anti-Lccouiptonites had nominated Jno. Curry for Supreme Judge, and tho Re publicans endorsed the nomination, The Le- comptonites nominated J. G. Baldwin. 1 he Amies had also nominated Hon. Jos. C. McKibben and W. L. Dudley for Congress. The grading of the San Irancisco Sc Ma- rysvSTla Unihlhd is rapidly progressing. the telegraph is extended to ireka. Advices from Frazer River are to the 14th. The river had fallen, and the miners were doing better. A lire at Sonora destroyed SlO.iXX) worth of property. The Presbyterian Church was burned. Tho difficulties between Col. Fremont and the Merced Mining Co. continue. The latter refused to yield possession of their vein, and the men who occupy it insist that they will resist. 11. M. "Willis, City Prosecuting Attorney. had resigned in consequence of charges of disreputable conduct in social relations. 1000 Chinamen had landed in California during 10 days. The Markets were very dull, owing to large arrirals and a small demand. Auction sales trilling. Provisions Bteady. Financial matters easy beyond anything yet known. Collections highly satisfactory, and money at one quarter pur cent., merchan dise securities. On August 16th the business portion of Ueorgotown, JMdorado county, was burnt. Loss exceeding $100,000. A desporato affray occurred nt Tciia P.ar, Stanislaus River, August 4th, between French and Americans, in regard to a mining claim, resulting in the death of the latter, viz : Daniel Shock, Abraham Delavan and Robert Warren ; and the wounding of George Crooks, Chailes Mc Kenny and Roger McCluro Americans. The French had been outnumbered in the fight aud used guns. The murderers had not been arrested. , , . . Mr. Brodorick proceeds to Washington overland before the assemblage of Congress. Nicaragua. Col. Canty attempted to siege Puuta Arenas in Costa Rica. He was opposed to tho British Consul at Georgetown, and the British naval officers, who proposed annexing tlio point to Mosquito. This will load to further complications. A flood in tho Sun Juan had much dam aged property on its banks. .. Chilian dates to the olst have been receiv ed. Tho country ' is reported more prosperous than for somo time ; but there is n general news of importance. New and rich cop-nor mines hud. been discovered in, liolivia. The duty on foreign Cotton Goods has beon reduced from 40 to 15 per cent. Public tranquility seems safe from disturbance. Celebration of Perry's Victory. Cleveland, Sept. 11. Eight steamers and one schooner, luided with passengers from the Lake ports, numbering six thousand persons, celebrated Perry's victory at Put-in-Bay yesterday. Tho United States steamer Michigan was present. Tho ceremonies were opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Dullield.of Philadelphia. Speeches wore made by Dr. Parsons, of Providence, Surgeon of Perry's liag ship; Captain Champ-lin, of the Scorpion ; Mayor Starkweather. of Clevoland ; Cooke, of Sandusky ; Mason, of Toledo, and Wilkins, of Detroit. Gov. Chase, Giddings and Y ade were present. A monumental association has beon formed,' with Hon. Lewis Cass as President. A Slave Mother Drowns ukr Child. A negro woman belonging to Mr. James Thornton, of Rappahannock county, Va., was committed to jail on Monday last, chained with drowning her child. She confesses the crime, but says she intended to drown herself also and jumped in the river with the child in her arms, but Boated to the bank. bht has been taken to Rappahannock county, and lodged in jail to await hei trial. Wheeling Inleligencer, The way tub Money Goes. The water works of WashingtOD City, we are told, will eost $6,000,000 1 Unlike the local improvements of other cities, the whole people of the country have to contribute towards this rouud sum. And, as if to aggravato the extrava gance of tho project, those entrusted with the work, send to Lurope for the iron to be used in it. Truly, Buchan'n Democracy is an ox-pensive commodity. Richmond Whig. (ttr The Hamilton Intelligencer says that neniiricKson, tho Democratic nominee lor the Board of Public Works, was repudiated by the Butler County Primary Convention, from which he wished an endorsement as a candidate before the State Convention. The Convention refused cither to instruct or recommend delegates to vote for Hcmlrickson, as he was believed to have too strong an odor of muk. A Post Office is Viiwinia. The postmaster at Glover's Gap, Marion county, Vs.. advertises tho "list of loiters remaining in" bis office, numbering exactly three, with the notice-, 'persons inquiring for letters will please, say .they are advertised." The price allowed the printer lor advertising his list, amount exactly 10 three cents. dT Mr. Behomp; of HunterU-m county, B.JVaays nahwiiB a goose which Is eighty tbtce yciniold,; He has had this reibarkallo specimen of "animated nature" in his possession Tor over flity years, and knows that the early history of the gouee dates back to revolutionary time. .. . . , 03" A Republican paper complains that the Northern members of Congress who concede most to the South at Washington aie the tery ones Who claim most for tho North at hotne. Vory likely. Fellows that "lick the dusi, before their election tbay be expected to "out dirt" afterwards. OCT After speaking of tho advantage to England and the United States of tho Atlantic Telegraph, Punch hopes "that the American sea serpent will not rudel) intervene, and be scaly enough to snap those ties asunder.". n . fjr Ross Winanv of Baltimore, is now building an iron siamuer, which he is confident will run from New York lo Liverpool in less than six days. lit has been several years in perfecting the plant which be lue now accomplished, and has procured a patent. - V TIT Coiiuumiicatiiiiia. ,' Fur lb Bc'iiuulitu;' Midnight ; ' Oh! who can tellies" the dreamy spvll.; In the dewy midnight hour; When the lonely dell, where the pale flowers' dwell. . r. - Is fair as afairy's bow'r?' ; ; r . r ' When soft winds come,' frW their island' home, . , ... With their trembling breath so low, . I listen 'lotio, to their low, wild toue',- " . As they gently coloe and go. When the cool dews weep, o'er1 a'worldf asleep, Gemiii'f the flowers with tears; IT-, And shadows deep, o'er my sad hoart craejr,-As I dream of other years. Ah! then we dream of tho eyes that beam, With holiest light of love; , ',' '. , . . And to us they seem, to have caught the' gleam, Of the angels' eyes above. EVELINA, , . , Fur tlm Utpubliuaa. M&id Wurcle. . , , How they chill our feelings and send the' blood curdling and cold into our win 111 hearts! Yet, we utter them olten , and 1 nr excuse is' ever ready, "I was angry" or "vuxed." - The words ctnie ci ueily forth; wc see tcara springing to innocent eyes; and in the still night hours, the vision haunts us, and our bed is covered with thorns instead of balmy Uoivers. " v. . How many hoffrs we have wept, when bur r-hcurts were full of "gushing tenderness, '' as wo remembered an unkind word spoken "by"f one we loved more than all eW on eurib.-" Tears, 'tis true are like summer showers," they noon pass, leaving behind them, a softened beauty.a sweet quiet that is almost happins; but who would wish them to How Jruin Ohe effects of thoir unkind ness? How much better could 'we remember aN" ways, that, "He that is slow to anger Is bet'-: ter than the mighty, and he that lohtlh biaV spirit, than ho that luketb a city,1; wj Could we only remember to ever 'speak pleasantly toall.feol'ng that.'Tleasant-woTda1''' are at hoiieyoomb, - tweet, Li itaai-saoai; smUT health 10 the boce.' .., . ,, M..irM . "Death and life are inthepower of the tongue, 'J and yet how vory thoughilessly'Ve. ' uso it! How well we ought towcifh otff'w every word, how pure ourthonghlg should ever be! how mild andUiuanagtailciMiflem. pestous spirits shoulil.become!; bt But, no, the ellort will eost us something and we do not wis 1 t iaU r lo bccotie'mlld l and kind, and we still utter the passionate words that our bad letnpers suggest., m, ;.. i . 'Dead! If I could 01y call iiirn bacliir Va life" ' I would give woilds to call. him back,. , long enough to only ubtniu his forgiveness-,''' for those cruel words I Uttered!"' Death dims!" the eyes we dimmed with; leuru, andsealetbe.-' lips thatquivoiud wiihemoti,gn,Htillsthe.heart-,, that wo caused to wildiy U-ut in sorrow. , Then we wish forgiveness, but our pride 'is "' conquered und our hearts milted too late,' tot-lute!. . . . :. . : ! JiYKLiNA-. InAN. Sept. 2d, 1858. , ., - 'For the RepMUfcarf"" "School Teachera " " Brotukb Cocurah ' -"':.; . i In a late number of the Republican I notice i a communication from a School Teacher, in, , rcierencc to the qualilicaliou of tetchors, modo of instruction, negligoi.ee of School Di- '' rectors, &c. which is all very well in its place, and I trust it will be the means of Stir.d ring up to more diligence and faithfulness en , the part of those whom it may concern. But my more immediate object in writing at this time, is to suggest a few thoughts for ' tho consideration ol the " School Exania- ers ; " and being somewhat acquainted with . the members of that honorable body, L trust they will take in kinduets what I shall say. As 1 understand the School Law. the ob- " ject is lo elevate the standard f qualifica- lion m icacncrs, ana as a nrcessary conse- , quence, to stimulato the mind of the pupil, to attain to higher degrees of Education. At it 4 is a principle in philosophy, that the stream 1 cannot rise higher than the fountain, ae ia i reference to the school teacher, he cannot in- . struct his pupil in branches of Education of which he himself is ignorant. ' ' Hence tho importance of having ttachcrt ' well qualified themselves, before they voder tiiko to instruct others; and the equally, great importance that none should be allowed lopass an examination at the hands of Ihe"' ' School Examiners," as qualified for Instruct tore, except they possess the requisite quali-1 lication. To be a little more plaig, we think our Srhool Examiners have been remiss irt . duty, by giving certificates of qualification to teach, when in mttmj inslancs, they do aot possess one single qualification ; and resllyx some of thi ni seem to he fully aware ef their, incompetency, from the fact, that tiny know , (hoy cunnol command good wages, they un derbid good teachers, and pet siluatient, while' those better qualified remain anenipleyed f. and 00s reason is, so many of our School Di-, rectors themselves, have not enouph du-. cation,' to know the want of it. Therefore ' they don't depend on their ewn judgment, in 1 tho selection of a teacher, bat . are satuuW with Ihe fact, of their bsving a erl ideate, from the School Examiners, making it strist-ly a busbies transaction, to emplof the per- son who will leach for the least mnnig. 't fiach teachers may be seen at the proper, season, peddling llienisclrea through .lb, country, and selling themselves tothe highest bidder. ........ While we are ssli.lfied that the Exsminel j in giving certificates lo such rons, are a tuatod by the best of motive-, thinking pet hups, some districts would be without itsrh. em, If they were to refuse all, ho in their Judgj ment are not Well enough quahflrd for teach inn., In our bumble opinion lhv art mittM ken... Butter, far heller, to , be t-.ilh.iuti. teacher for one term, or oven two. thao U emplny a teacher who will bnde In 'three' months, mora than they will hv und s) good teachor in. the same knglli f lime, IH lutprp, we hope our Examiners will, as nmrh as In them lien, rave us this di:gisct.' " " - J -..I ..: -.: a.j.-r Ciat, September -12, 185R. ! V .' Il WlT ANI I?I.UII. r'l he reeem n!urm n'i kutsing alilch has been going the round M, ' it seems, only a Utter one nioJennsd. Th original it as follow at -is - , s,,r "Studying grammar ene day with a, M atii a j'ieiion 1 inmigiii i would amp ne.-;,,;, t a kid her what kind of a noun a ki4t r Bh said 'twit boih t m-a a id frym-1

r . . . Wi . .. . , . f VOL. IYr MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1858. NO 45, The ! Watcher. Cfother! watch the little feet, ViClimbing o'er the garden wall, t hrough the busy street, yUanglng cellar, shed, and hall; Never count the moments lost, Nevermind the lime it costs, little feet will go astray, vGuide!tncni,'muther, while you may. 1 1 ijf i f -, :.. i H ' ; , " "Mother! watch the little haod, Picking berriea by the way, :y. Hakinghouaes inthe sand. Tossing up the fragrant hay, Never dare the question ask,. 'Why tome the.heavy task!'!, . , , , These 'same little hands may prove, " " Messengers of light and love. Mother! waVh the little tongue, ' PrattiiaJ etojitcnt jpdild; j 'i,) What is said and what is sung ' - By tho happy, joyous child, ,K jCalsh the word whUe. yetjinspoken : fBttpJtpe voyflfXet.uiiVen. (I f -This same lefngue (nay yet proclaim lessinge in the Bayiot'e nainej ,f ; ,. j v. ':; '). :- ' . . ' Motherl.watch the little heart, , , ., BcaUiig, soft and warm, for you; ' Wholesome lessons now Impart, '. . Keep. O keep that young heart true, Extricating every ted, 1 : '3 ' . fSarj; g,d aflcf preciout aeed ': ,; -J, eHarvMtVKhVilhnmayj.ia8i- Ss ' Ripening for. eternity.. . , , ...... Historical Valua bf th' Pentateuch: We do not reJlizo that without the Pentateuch Jirtt.ftre.ia, theMlcaa io the creation of the world, of man, of the origin of evils points which sorely puzzle philosophers now and Tot whii no solution is possible apart from Bible, history not only this, but it is the only reliable narrative of a period of two thousand ftve Hundred and fifty-three years. The history of two thousand three hundred and sixtv-ninei years of this time is com-prised in'tbo bpok of Genesis. It seems from the fifth chapter of Genesis that Methuselah was contemporary with Adam about two hundred and fifty years, with Noah about six hundred, and ono hundred with Shem. - Shorn lived one hundred and fifty years into the time of Abraham so that Abraham had the story of the first things only second hand from Adam himself. As the oldest historian of the world was a Hebrew, -we see the importance of this close connection of the nation with the lather of thTaee, and also one apparent reason for the great ago of tho antedoluvian patriarchs it was necessary! to a faithful transmission of history,. Their average age was eight hundred and fifty yeari each. : , -Too tradition of the ilood is more widely spread than that of any other event of the world's history. All nations agree in its outlines ""d vory many in tho moro minute detail as the amount of the raven and dove ; but what this .irUle spread tradition s.gn.fies we should have gued " J but, craphio pen of tho Hebrew historian, lo him too is-the world indebted for the git outlines of primitive history, without, u:y the rhodern student would loso bimsell in the labyrinthine way. He has described I he division of the earth after tho flood how Ivi-topi and Northern Asia fell to Japeth, Con-tratAsia to Shem, and Africa to Ham. Shorn was tho progenitor of the Hebrews, Arabians, Syrians, Assyrians, Porsians, and Lydians. Japheth was tho father of tho Caucasian ra-ces The tradition of the Arabs ascribed to hint eleven sons, who wore the parents of as many Asiatic tribes or nations. Ham was the father of Cuch, whose descendants appear to have settled in Southern Asia and Ethiopia ;' of Mizraim, whose children peopled a part of Africa ; of Phut, who also was the head of an African race ; and of Canaan, from whom sprang the Phoenicians and in-i..i,;,anr, nf I'nlsstina. The historr of Mo ses alone gives us an account o( the origin of languages ; of the great Assyrian empire ; of the calling or tne neorew peopie me oiuesi living nation of the world. This is the ear-v. ..itkontiA nwnrrl of war. about 1913 B. C, between Chederlaomer and the Pentapohs ' . . . . i . i i of Sodom. Ul jaosos- accouni oi me ue-struction of Sodom and Gomorrah the writer says : " We ' have recently been furnished :,k . t.ibinn. nmnf ot the historical accura cy of tho Pentateuch, even in those parts of the narrative wnicn pariaito oi me miraculous, in tho results of the United States Ks t : L'vnliiinn (a fhft rivar .Torrlnn nhd the Dead Sea, conducted by Lieut. Lynch of the Savy. , We enierea,- says me iniem-gs nt ommander of that Exedition, upon .1,. niik rnnflir.tincr ouinions. One of the iun t.... - o i t party was skeptical, and another, I think, a In tha Mosaiciil account Aftr twenty-two days' close investigation, if I am not mistaken, we weie unanimous in me r tliA truth of the Scriutural ac- VUTIVIIVU vi " . . count of the destruction of the Cities of the Plaid." . Ho considers that the inference Irom .t,. a.!rU..r mnnnt that the chasm which is now tilled by the Dead Sea, was a plain which was. sunk ana overwneimea, wnen these cities were destroyed, is fully sustained by theextraordinary character ol the soundings obtain.! in that sea. The bottom of the lanref and deeper portion lies fully thirteen hundred fest below the surface. A ravine Twig through It in a line corresponding with tbAbtd of the Jordan, from which the inference is obvious, that tho channel of tho Jor- D.nlr AntM-n nF rusliod inLa thb chasm made by ' bituminous volcanic explosion, the waters wiping rather inan quencning me conflaaralion.' The, sinking of the plain ol the Jordan formed a bed (bra lake sixty or seventy mile! 'long;' from ton ' to eighteen wide' ., . , .. To the sacred historian we are mdebtod for the earliest history of that grange people the Arabs, whose tnomalouseharacter would be unexplainable' without the light thrown i. i. u;., .,,..t;. The agreement oe- tweeothe sacred . writer and profane history in the Egyptians is reiuaruio. . a. iraesd ia the story of Joseph, under the name r. .-A (. ih.l nf Mnnea himself, the Taweivw fif the world- :.u ig PP'd that Moscbus lhselebrated Phoenician sage, is out same ror Mose.' aou. """i r," .. ..i ri,ol- irnUin: the EirVD- aiscipi" w i i - f , tiart superstition and Mosaw rerelation found .l. n.i.in rr.,r.nnto U thus accounted for. 1.1 Ul. w,u.v - - -.-J- .... CO -4 The wntsroi tqiru;isiisB' l" that Moses wag not only the father or nislo-rr bat also the bnnwm author of alphabetical writing, and. since there is ne prior twee of it, that the Decalogue was the original speci- 'j6n Of wrhen language giron to in n. 'Vi'il;f'll Uceiitf. t 'I A. Pitiful Case, As one of our carriers was going his round yesterdav morning, he noticed a little boy, apparently about ten years oiu, lying in the doorway of Mr. Horner's grocery, at the corner of Second and Chestnut Sts. As it was quite early barely five o'clock Mr. Hornor had not yet opened, but did so wnuo our car-rier was talking with the boy. The appear ance of tho little fellow was dejected in the extreme His clothing, the little he had, was torn and dirty; his feet were bare, and sore In two dr three pieces; hischeeks were thin and hollow with fasting; and his general appear ance was that ot a ball-starved and almost dying creature. in answer to the inquiries made, be stated that his name was William Walton that his parents both died about a month ago that he had a grandmother living in. Madison, Indiana, but he could not get to her that ho had no relative or friend in the city. For a month he has been playing about in different parts of the city, and had -nothing to eat except tho little .bread' and bu.yor the boys would sometimes get for lrimi . He- wag afraid to beg from door to door ashamed to do it and he slept wherever he could find a place. WJicn found, ho was,coiled up with his singlo thin eoait buttoned closJ around bis body, aqd bis bitnds' tHriist Up uncler it, fof the night nir was quite cold and chilly. Mrs. Horner took him into the grocery and gavo hiin some cakes, and promised him some hot cotTvo as soon as sho could get it ready.., Think of it boys. One month ago, William Walton had a happy : home with a loving father and mother, who provided him with comforts if not luxuries; yesterday he was starving in' tho midst of plenty his only food beinrr the charity he- received from sncli other boys s were kindly enough disposed to listen to his tale of sorrow, as ho watched them iovfui'v at play, or tried to still the gnawings of hunjor by joining in' their sports wnen tney would permn mm io piay whu them. Louisville Demi "Idler ruu&itj'." Cared. On Franklin's first trio to see his father in Boston: ho was worried almost to death by the abominable inquisitivencss' of the New Eng land tavern-keepers. -Neither man nor beast could travel among them in comfort. . No matter how wet or weary, how hungry the poor traveler might be, ho was not to expect an atom of refreshment from tho silly publicans until their . most pestiferous curiosity was first gratified. And then Job himsell could not stand such questions as they would goad him with ; such as, where became from, and where he might be a-go'.ng, ana what religion he might be of, and if he was a married man, and so on. Alter having been pro- digiously teased in this way for several days, until at last the bare sight of a public house almost threw him into an ague, he determined to try tho following remedy at tho very next tavern : As soon as ho alighted from bis horse be desired tho tavern-keeper to collect bis whole family, wife, children and servants, every soul of them, for he had something van Hi important to communicate. All being assembled, and wondering what he had to say, he thus addressed them : " My name is Benjamin Frinklin. I am a printer by trade. I live, when at home, in Philadelphia. In Boston I havo a lather, a good old man who taught me, when I was a boy, to read my book and say my prayers, i have ever sinco thought it my duty to visit and pay my respects to such a father, and I am on that errand to Boston now. This is jU that lean at present recollect of myself that I think worth telling you. But, il you . .a I M ti,n lliof WStll UMifK tf can tninK ,v uj-i'"b r,'. know about me, i wg you io oui wnn ii ai once that I may answer, ana so give you an opportunity to get me someJh'ng to eat, for I long to bo on my journey, that i my rtt'irn as soon as possible to my mmny aim business, where I most of all delight to be." lorty thousand sermons against idle curiosity could hardly havo driven it so effectually out of New England as did this little squib of ridi cule. Weem't Lift of Wushington. - Foreign Adventurers and American uiris. One of tho most vexatious troubles among the wealthy families of the United States, is the attachments which their daughters form for unprincipled foreign adventurers,' who come over here for tho vory purpose of better ing their fortunes or gratifying their love or social intrigue, by making the acquaintance of romantic young ladies connected with wealthy families. At tho present time several distinguished citizens are chasing some of these whiskered adventurers who have run off with spoiled and silly girls. It is but a few days since one of these fel lows, an escaped convict, turned tho lieils of half the girls in ewark, 2i. o. A i-Uort time since, a Creole barber, of very dark complexion, nourished through the southern cities, under the titlu of Don Carlos de Castro, a political exilo Irom his immense plantations in Cuba, and caused a hundred susceptible young girls to languish for his love. Mr. Blount, a distinguished lawyer of Mobile, is now In chaso ol a whiskered Frenchman, a bogus Count, claiming to be an officer of the Zouaves, of Crimean celebrity, who has run olf from Mobile, leaving his landlord and tailor unpaid, and taking with him Mr. Blount's wife and daughter, tho mother having become quite as infatuated with the profligate adventurer as her daughter, and gone off Ho see then married. This fellow flourished in Njff-York as Caatain Henri Arnaud de Ri viere, until he had destroyed the peace of several families and was exposed as an impostor, aftor which ho went South to play off his impudence. Mr. Gidding'i Successor. Mr. Hutchins, of Warren, who has been nominated for Congress in the district So long represented" by Mr. Giddings, belong to the same school of politics as the latter, and is even more radisal. having been a Liberty-party man when Mr. 0. was a whig. The Cleveland Ltatler says of him '. Mr. Hutchins is an able lawyer, and stands at the head of (he bar in Trumbull county, having been for a long limo regarded as the best advocate in that county. He is in politics as fully radical as Mr. Giddings, having been a Liberty-party man since its organization. .. ' Mr. Qiddings in his remarks said that he should CO back to Concress this winter and tell them that ha was to be succeeded by a younger and abler man, who would mlly sustain the reputation of ibe District r : (7- Here is a nice morsel for the Douglas Democrats, we clip 11 irom we wasmngton Union, of the Oih . ' . ' ' 'I'irnrinmi ws the sDot in which the trek- snp o Bencdi'-t Arnold in the1 Revolution was iovcliper. fadame ;Nemosi has reads it tho common plotting grouna 01 vougiae, Vi))teT Jiavis, Bla'r ami ureeiey. A Comfortable Establishment. 1 A correspondent of the New-York Independent thus describes the domain of tho Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth : " The domain of the Duke of Devonshire, would occupy one of pur-largest counties. The park immediately surrounding the palace is eleven miles in circumference, and contains three thousand acres. The principal garden for vegetables, fruits, green-houses, &c, is twenty-five acres. There are thirty green-houses, each from fifty to. sevonty-five feet long. We went into three or lou containing nothing but pine-apples, ripe ; others contained nothing but melons and cucumbers. One peach tree on tho glass wall measures fifty-one feet in width, and fifteen feet in height, and bears one thousand peaches. It is the-- largest in the world. The grape-houses, five or six in all, arc six hundred feet long, and such grapes ! Wo saw pine apples weighing ten or fifteen pounds each. Ono green house had only figs ; another only mushrooms. But what shall bo said of tho great conservatory, filled with every variety of tropical plants'? It is one of tho wonders of tho world. It covers an acre of ground, is one hundred feet high, of oval shapo, and cost $500,000. It is heated by steam and bot water pipes, which, in all, are six miles in length. The apparatus oonsumes six hundred tons of coal in a year. We saw banana trees twenty feet high, with clusters of fruit, sugar-cane, ceffeo trees, bamboo, and in short, every tropical pUnt that can be named. Several of tho palm trees are from fifty to sixty feet high. Tho smoke of tho immense lire underneath is carried in pipes under ground to an outlet in the woods. The conl is brought in a tunnel six hundred yards under ground. One fountain throws a jet of water to the height of two-hundred and seventy-fire feet." Support your Home Paper. We recommend to a careful reading the following article from the Cloveland Herald. We know of nothing that is more disheartening to tho publisher ol a country nowspaper than to bo told, as he too often is, when soliciting subscribers : " I foel too poor to take your paper ;. I lake the Tribune, or some oth-nM lincrA fAi-mcn wneklv. and it onlv Costa me I.! " - D I'J , J adollurayenr and Contains twice as much reading as yours aoes, wnon me receipts 01 .... lr a! llis nflicn named would bo doublo UllO Ww.- . - ; the yearly receipts of his country paper, and when if the foreign paper were publishedsev-enty-flvo yoaW it would not result in as much t. . i,;.o'f nnd tho countv in which UVIIvUb vu Hiwiovw - - - ho lives, as would a single ween a cuiuon 01 his own county paper, iteso me annexcu ar-.:i if ttio. nJviftM contained in it is vlvlU ovw .. -- ' not such as will commend itself every en lightened mind ; l!.11rt if a home naner is to be sup ported, homo influence must do it. Every dollar sent to eastern papers is ai, me ka-penso of the local papers. A county acquires prominence through its papers moro than in any other way, and to every one who has county interests at stake, his home paper is a nocessity. . JNever win susn a man tane a paper printed away from home, until he is able to take a second paper. ' His first paper . Will be his home sheet, and he will bo identify his own interests with that of his county as to consider his subscription as much a matter of yearly duty as the payment of his taxes." As Old Deposit of Specie Found. Hos-orablb Conduct. Sevorol years ago, James Young, a wealthy citizen of Milford township, Butlor county, deceased, leaving property val-uod at $105,000, to be equally divided between his five children. Subsequently the homestead was sold to a Mr.. Williamson who has resided on it sinco the sale. , A few days ago Mrs. W. found an old Spanish half-dollar whilo sweeping in a closet near a chimney in tho main sitting room. .She continued to swccd and soon after found several additional coius of similar character. Remembering Mr. Yi.unir'S former habits, her curiosity was ex cited and she sent for her husband, to whom she exhibited her prizo. They then instituted search and in a lew moments foutid a crack in the sido of the chimney, and upon Ali.nrinif ftwav some rubbish, they found a de- posit ol $1,70U in OIU opaiiisn silver cuius ui . - r . , 1 c. .1. . .ii r II 1 (.nominations. Cicn picco oi wnitu Jated as far back as lt2. air. Williamson immediately sent for tho heirs ofdeeeased, anJ surrendered to them the mtire amount. Thn huird tinuwVAl inSlAtfld UDOlt Paving Mr. W. and his lady $50 each, making attogeiner a reward of $250. The conduct of Mr. W.ana his laay ius honorable in an exalted degree. Many per sons would have considered themselves legitimate proprietors of the treasure, and, would have retained it the heirs being none the wiser. The heire likewise manifested a very praiseworthy generosity Cm. Gazette. Sept. 13. . Tun Vnnnrif v PtlT.nnin DtRAATRR -SlTI- sfnt TCTLf VuniMS-KR YflfttefdftV & ft 0111 0011 Vivu vr ansa u.iuim" - - - j VHttraci Tnrifr.r inrinnriv engineer uuun me Now Haven Kiilroad. came to tho house of ii,wi;nA 'n 'A'ni 'lntli Aveniia. wbcro ill I O, UUUIIIVl ....... 1 - he had formerly boarded, and dosired a bed, stating tnatho had beon up all night, having nnma Imin Hnulntl. SIlB COmnlicd witll llili request. At eight o'clock he was called to supper, but made no answer, ai ten, nenry Walters, tne twaraer wno occupieu wiu ruum, An tin In (hit rnnm tf fO to bed when he discovered Tucker dead on the bod, and a pool or blood upon mo noor. i no uniortu-nate man had severed tho arteries on the in- sidoof the elbow. Mr. Tucker was engincerof the train which thn Kriito-o t Knrwalk. Connecticut. producing oae of the most horriblo and latal disastors known in the history of railroad management. This occurrence, it is said, has preyed npon his spirits ever since, and un-doubtedly led to h is unhappy end. He leaves a wile and two children, supposed to bo at present in the vicinity of Troy. N. Y. Pott, iVr-.Tudirx DniiL'lis was - received with great attention the other day, at St. Louis. Ho was serenanea at ntgni, ana - crowuou by day by admirers, and when he took his departure he was accompanied to Belleville, 111 l hn,l of music and five hundred men. His wife was with him, and shared the honors. At Belleville, the Republican says : ... Tk w1ur' stand was ornamented with oak branches, in which were entwined the national colors, and decoralet witn mipia-tora American thgs. , From this stand,, tho Senator addressed tho acres of people who surrounded it, for more than two hours, in a tylo of eloquence and logic which he alone can produce and combine. The leaves of the Aid L.r.rt tr.fa fairlv Jihotik with the bursts ol applause boocatu their shade, which greet ed the speaker at almost every penoa.; TiiH IIes-Pecked Husband'sConsola-Tios-The great beauty of a wife is, that, if she abuses you herself, she won't let any one eUl '.bti.v you. . An Unpleasant Beat. ' The N. Y.' Tribunt, In a report of Quaran tine matters, has the following i Yesterday, Sergt. Sam lire voort stole a few moments from his arduous labors as Commissary, to take a' walk over the Quarantine grounds." After looking among the tents and new buildings erected, ho seated himself on a large rough box under the shade of a tree, and was quietly reflecting upon the unpoctic character of camp life, and the ut'er want of exalted sentiment in the employment of fur nishing beef, bacon, beans, potatoes, bread and butter for sixty policemen, nut nis reverie was interrupted by hearing a voice, and look-intr about, he discovered one of tho hospital employees addressing him, and tho dialoguo proceeded as touows : " Hullo there, you sojer man," said the employee. ' ' "Well," said Sam, rather voxed at the want of appreciation of his official position, "What do you want?" " Like your seat t" was tne next quostion. ' Yes," said S.im. " Suppose I do. What then ? " " Well, I only wanted to say the man in tho box vou're setlin' on died of the Yaller Jack yesterday, and I kinder thought you jni;ht liko to know tho fact." Sain jumped about twelve foot. Without stopping to thank the party for his informa tion, he left the Hospital grounds to resume his duties among the commissariat. A railroad Man runs off with a Win ter's Wife. An Elopement. The people of Lifayetto were startled some days since at tho an nouncement of an extraordinary elopement. Mr. Sherwood, the Secretary of tho Lafayette Railroad Company, and Mrs. Allen, wife of a Presbyterian minister of that city, joined company and left for parts probably unknown. Mrs. Allen left bcr husband on a pretended visit toSt. Louis. Her husband was to moot her there, but on reaching tho city found hor not there, and the truth of her roal intentions and actions was revealed to him. Sherwood left a wife and two children, and cent word to his wife, after leaving Lafayetto, to dispose of her goods and with her children go back to her father. Wo heard of this circumstance several days since, but did not learn the names of the parties until yesterday. The La lay otto papers are silent about tho matter. It is proper to say that Mrs. Allen has been but a short time a resident of Lafayette, having come there a stranger, when her husband settled there in charge of the First Frosbytcrian Church. Indianapolis Journal. , . The Great MaiIi Contract. By the terms ,of tho contract for carrying tho mail twice a week overland from Memphis, via lYeston, Kl Paso, through Arizona, to Fort Yuma, thenco by San Barnartlino to San Franciscd. the contractors were lo commence running the" present week. The contract is for six years, and tho compensation $600,000 per annum, besides a section of land at every ten miles of the entire route. This seems to bo the most wild and foolish scheme ever undertaken, even if it be practicable. What earthly good is to bo euecte.1 by an ovoriara moil twice a week across that God-forsaken recrion. is past the wit of man to guess. Yet our uovernmeni unuertan.es to pay u,uw,-000 for this service. Ono object aimed at i. . A- 'l CtlV probably was to draw settlements tor stations, along the Gadsden Railroad route. Cleveland Met aid. Twelve O'clock at New York. Appleton's Railway and Steam navigation Guide, of Juno, has on page 27, a "Timo Indicator," which shows the difference of time between various cities in the United States. When it is twelve o'clock in Now York, it is At Boston, Mass 12 minutes past 12 At Portland Maine 16 minutes past 12 At Philadelphia, l'a., 00 minutes past 11 At Baltimore, Md 50 minutes past 11 At Richmond, Va., 46 minutes past 11 At Buffalo, N. Y 40 minutes post 11 At CharlcstoJ, S. C, 36 minutes past 11 At Pittsburgh, Pa., 35 minutes past 11 At Wheeling, Va., 34 minutes past 11 At Cleveland, Ohio 30 minutes past 11 At Augusta, Go., 30 minutes past 11 At Detroit, Mich., 24 minutes past 11 At Columbus, Ohio 24 minutes past 11 At Cincinnati, Ohio 20 minutes past 11 At Indianapolis, In J 14 minutes past 11 At Louisville. Ky 14 minutes past 11 At Chicago, III., C minutes past 11 At New Orleans, La,,.... 55 minutes past 10 At St. Louis. Mo 55 minutes past 10 At St. Paul, Min.,. . . . . . .44 minutes past 10 Adventure ok a Pioveeb. Jacob Byerly, who died recently in Westmoreland county, Pa., at the ago of 99 years, was at one time a resident of the only cabin between Fort Pitt and Ligonier. In tho revolution po was ac tive, and his scouting cxpeaiiipna cxiouueu thmufh. Western Vircinia and Pennsylvania, And inin Ohio. Ho went with a party to bury twenty-one settlers, who had been killed at Wheeling; went to the relief of Fort Lawrence and Wallace's station; was on a scout to Punxatawnoy, and joined 'in the pdrsuit bf tho party who killed tne wniarus; was on the exoedition against the Tuscaroras in Ohio, and served under Gem Broadhead in the destruction ol the towns ol the Cornplontor Indians. In this etpedition, while following a trail, in coninonv with .Jacob Smith and. an other scout, he killed an Indian chief in a band to hand conflict. n a 11 '1 OT An old Dutch farmer, jutft arrived at the dignity of Justice of tho l'ajce, had his first marriage case, Jte.fliu it up in, fB)s,way. Ho first said to the man;- rVcll.ybu rants to bo marrit, to .you?. ..Veil, you )pvesldis. vol. man so gool as any voman you havo jsecni'.' "Yes." answered the man. Then., to tho woman: "Veil, do you lovo dls man so better as any man you have ever seen?.'' She hosi-lated a little, and be repeated: "Veil, tell, do you like him so veil as to bo his vife?" "Ys, yes," sho answered. '"Veil, dat ish all any reasonable man can expect. So y u ra marrit: I nronotinco vou man and vife." The man asked the J usttco wnat was 10 pay : "Nothine at all. nothing at all; you are vel- como to it if it will to you any gooa.". Tus Great Rains or 1858. The amount of rain that has fallen over a largo portion ol the United States in six weeks, running from the 1st of May to the 2th of June,, has scarcely a poralle'.. , The Pittsburg Journal says the average ol observations will give about Uo inches in May, and five inches to the 12th of June, or fifteen inches in forty-three days. . These .rains do not appear to have been local but extend east and west at least one thousand m ilea, and north and south half that distance. ; Prom th TuncirawM Ailvotnt. ' The "Hankers in Trouble.' ; A bomb sholl thrown into the camp of an enemy, could not have mated more fluttering than tho nomination of Uolmick did among tho leading Hunkers at the county scat. They know that he is personally popular, and that scores of the rank and file of their party will vote for him at the polls. To create a preju dice against him, they are resorting to every species of lying and deception. J he whole Hunker crew are now plotting day and ntjrlit to get up Roorbacks to defeat him. One of the latest lies put afloat is, that Uelmick did not bolt from the Democratic party in conse quence of the passage of the Nebraska Bill but boeauso the Tuscarawas Democratic County Convention refused in 1854 to favor his nomination for Congress. Here at home tne Hunker leaders well know that this lying statement would have no effect but they put U atloat, expecting that it will injure Uelmick in the other counties of the District. From the day the Nebraska Bill was intro duced until its final passage, no man was more bostile to this pet measure of Pierce, than Mr. Uelmick. Upon all occasions, ho bitter ly denounced the repeal of the Uissoun Com promise ho openly declared it would be an act of perfidy on the part of the South, and that he would stick to no party, which sustained a measure that opened all our territories to the blighting curse of Slavery. He was an Anti-Nebraska Democrat. AI that time, vou could hardly find a Democrat with a search warrant, that sustained the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, hven some orthe candidates on their county ticket here could not stem the torrent but declared themselves to be opposed to the Nebraska Bill. After its passage, the leaders in this State tried to quell the excitement by declaring that Democrats could either support or oppose the Bill, and yet remain within the pale of their party. But the powers at Washington determined to make every man toe tho mark. President Pierce's organ, tho Washington Union, thun dered it into the cars of tho faithful, that ovury man who did not sustain tho Nebraska isill wos an alien to the party, and should be branded as a TRAITOR. Tho result was, thousands upon thousands of Democrats broke the shackles of party, and joined tho Repub lican standard, and among the first ot these was Wm. Uelmick, ournomincefor Congress. His name will be found signed with other Democrats, Whigs and Free Sailers, to an Address published in 1351, calling up in the voters of this county, to assemble, without regard to party, to form a "People's ticket," to be composed of men who were opposu to the Nebraska Bill. - When the leaders hero at the county seat found that Uelmick could not swallow their rascally measures but was determined to bolt, they held a caucus and sent for him, and offered to nominate him for Congress if he wouldonly stick tothe party. As the Demo crats had abandoned tho principles of Jefferson, a scat in Congress bad no charm for him, if he had to stick to therotton hulk of Locofbcoisui. So he spurned their proffered support, and that full, by his speeches and personal influence, did much to roll up tho tremendous ma jority in favor of the "People's ticket.', But, says an honest Democrat his namo was announced in tho Loco paper as a candidate before their Congressional Convention in 1854. That's true. But it was dono by some of his personal or political friends. He was then looked upon as a decidedAnti-Nebraska Democrat, and always declared him self as such. His position then might be com pared to that once occupied by old lack. When Gen. Taylor was in Mexico, his Whig friends wrote to him and i;ld him tney intended to elect him President. Old Zack, in reply told them that "he was a whig hut not an ultra Whig," and ho would bo pleased to receive their support. The Democrats also wrote to him, that ho should receive their votes. Ho thanked them kindly Jor their proffered support. Next came trie Native Americans, who also notified him that they would sustain him at the polls. Old Zack thanked them all for their votes. But in doing so, ho was still a Whig ho did not abandon an iota of his Whig principles. So with Uelmick in 1854. He was an open and avowed Anti-Nebraska man. Many of his friends pushed Ins namo forward as a candidate for Congress, lie was willing to receive the votes of Nebraska and Anti Nebraska men of Whigs, Free Soilers and Democrats but in doing so, he would not abate one iota of his hostility to tho rascally Nebraska Bill And even now be will be pleased to leceive the voto of a Lecomptonite butbe it known, if ho is elected, he will oppose to the bitter end, the extension of Slaverv into rree ter ritory will go in fol lowering the wages of members ot t-ongrcss, and will support, Willi all bis ability, the passage of a Homestead Bill, which will enable every poor man, with out money and without price, to get 160 acres of Western Land. Such are the pi inciples he represents, and if he is elected, he will not, liko his competitor, as soon as ho arrives in Washington, turn a political somerset, and act treacherously to the will of his constituents. (ET The Now-York llvald states that " for the first time in the history of emigration to the united States from the British Islands, there is now a preponderance in tho move ment toward Australia and Canada over that toward these- shores. ' The official returns made up in England show that fufilic first three months of 1858 the aggregate number of emigrants from Great Britain was l'J,- 000, of whom only were bound lor tne United 1 States' 'against 10,720 for the corns- ponding 'priod';Ot,18u7.'.Of the rost, 9,868 wore bound- fo"tb Australian colonics. ..It attained its msximomjigure i J 863.. when it reached 373,7x5-(This was reduced to less than one-half in 1857.' when the emigration only wiwho4,J&WMV .ii OCT Baron Alexander Von Humboldt, in a letter dated lierlint Aug. 10th, Says : ' I have delayed writing to express my dcop gratitude till now, almost flattering myself, in my 89th year, with the hope that 1 might transsresa the orders of my physicians, re quiring mo to remain quiet and without change. My wishes h.tro not been fulfilled. Kot mv laboriousness, not the interest which I take in the free pnblio intellectual lile of Germany, but my physical powers, are rapidly declining, and 1 must deny myself the privilege ol going where 1 am drawn oy pleasant and suggestive recollections ana feelings of tho deepest gratitude. 02r The Missouri Rfublica of yesterday 1 . 1 t ,, . . nis 1119 loiiuwing . ; . V.Mr-rinw T I.r 1TIIV WOBTll ClTT. The municipal election in Leavenworth City took place on Monday last, it resuitea in me in-nmnti nt ilia unlir Dumoerstio ticket. H. B. n.nm.n Kn . warn ntnolml Mavor br about two hundrei and seventy-five majority over the Lilac litpuoncan canuiu. ; California Advices. , Fusion of the Republicans and Anti- Lecomptoa Democrats:1 Nkw-York, Sept. 13. The Bteamer Star of the, West- arrived Saturday night with nearly $1,700,000 in treasure. California dates are to August 20. The Anti-Lccouiptonites had nominated Jno. Curry for Supreme Judge, and tho Re publicans endorsed the nomination, The Le- comptonites nominated J. G. Baldwin. 1 he Amies had also nominated Hon. Jos. C. McKibben and W. L. Dudley for Congress. The grading of the San Irancisco Sc Ma- rysvSTla Unihlhd is rapidly progressing. the telegraph is extended to ireka. Advices from Frazer River are to the 14th. The river had fallen, and the miners were doing better. A lire at Sonora destroyed SlO.iXX) worth of property. The Presbyterian Church was burned. Tho difficulties between Col. Fremont and the Merced Mining Co. continue. The latter refused to yield possession of their vein, and the men who occupy it insist that they will resist. 11. M. "Willis, City Prosecuting Attorney. had resigned in consequence of charges of disreputable conduct in social relations. 1000 Chinamen had landed in California during 10 days. The Markets were very dull, owing to large arrirals and a small demand. Auction sales trilling. Provisions Bteady. Financial matters easy beyond anything yet known. Collections highly satisfactory, and money at one quarter pur cent., merchan dise securities. On August 16th the business portion of Ueorgotown, JMdorado county, was burnt. Loss exceeding $100,000. A desporato affray occurred nt Tciia P.ar, Stanislaus River, August 4th, between French and Americans, in regard to a mining claim, resulting in the death of the latter, viz : Daniel Shock, Abraham Delavan and Robert Warren ; and the wounding of George Crooks, Chailes Mc Kenny and Roger McCluro Americans. The French had been outnumbered in the fight aud used guns. The murderers had not been arrested. , , . . Mr. Brodorick proceeds to Washington overland before the assemblage of Congress. Nicaragua. Col. Canty attempted to siege Puuta Arenas in Costa Rica. He was opposed to tho British Consul at Georgetown, and the British naval officers, who proposed annexing tlio point to Mosquito. This will load to further complications. A flood in tho Sun Juan had much dam aged property on its banks. .. Chilian dates to the olst have been receiv ed. Tho country ' is reported more prosperous than for somo time ; but there is n general news of importance. New and rich cop-nor mines hud. been discovered in, liolivia. The duty on foreign Cotton Goods has beon reduced from 40 to 15 per cent. Public tranquility seems safe from disturbance. Celebration of Perry's Victory. Cleveland, Sept. 11. Eight steamers and one schooner, luided with passengers from the Lake ports, numbering six thousand persons, celebrated Perry's victory at Put-in-Bay yesterday. Tho United States steamer Michigan was present. Tho ceremonies were opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Dullield.of Philadelphia. Speeches wore made by Dr. Parsons, of Providence, Surgeon of Perry's liag ship; Captain Champ-lin, of the Scorpion ; Mayor Starkweather. of Clevoland ; Cooke, of Sandusky ; Mason, of Toledo, and Wilkins, of Detroit. Gov. Chase, Giddings and Y ade were present. A monumental association has beon formed,' with Hon. Lewis Cass as President. A Slave Mother Drowns ukr Child. A negro woman belonging to Mr. James Thornton, of Rappahannock county, Va., was committed to jail on Monday last, chained with drowning her child. She confesses the crime, but says she intended to drown herself also and jumped in the river with the child in her arms, but Boated to the bank. bht has been taken to Rappahannock county, and lodged in jail to await hei trial. Wheeling Inleligencer, The way tub Money Goes. The water works of WashingtOD City, we are told, will eost $6,000,000 1 Unlike the local improvements of other cities, the whole people of the country have to contribute towards this rouud sum. And, as if to aggravato the extrava gance of tho project, those entrusted with the work, send to Lurope for the iron to be used in it. Truly, Buchan'n Democracy is an ox-pensive commodity. Richmond Whig. (ttr The Hamilton Intelligencer says that neniiricKson, tho Democratic nominee lor the Board of Public Works, was repudiated by the Butler County Primary Convention, from which he wished an endorsement as a candidate before the State Convention. The Convention refused cither to instruct or recommend delegates to vote for Hcmlrickson, as he was believed to have too strong an odor of muk. A Post Office is Viiwinia. The postmaster at Glover's Gap, Marion county, Vs.. advertises tho "list of loiters remaining in" bis office, numbering exactly three, with the notice-, 'persons inquiring for letters will please, say .they are advertised." The price allowed the printer lor advertising his list, amount exactly 10 three cents. dT Mr. Behomp; of HunterU-m county, B.JVaays nahwiiB a goose which Is eighty tbtce yciniold,; He has had this reibarkallo specimen of "animated nature" in his possession Tor over flity years, and knows that the early history of the gouee dates back to revolutionary time. .. . . , 03" A Republican paper complains that the Northern members of Congress who concede most to the South at Washington aie the tery ones Who claim most for tho North at hotne. Vory likely. Fellows that "lick the dusi, before their election tbay be expected to "out dirt" afterwards. OCT After speaking of tho advantage to England and the United States of tho Atlantic Telegraph, Punch hopes "that the American sea serpent will not rudel) intervene, and be scaly enough to snap those ties asunder.". n . fjr Ross Winanv of Baltimore, is now building an iron siamuer, which he is confident will run from New York lo Liverpool in less than six days. lit has been several years in perfecting the plant which be lue now accomplished, and has procured a patent. - V TIT Coiiuumiicatiiiiia. ,' Fur lb Bc'iiuulitu;' Midnight ; ' Oh! who can tellies" the dreamy spvll.; In the dewy midnight hour; When the lonely dell, where the pale flowers' dwell. . r. - Is fair as afairy's bow'r?' ; ; r . r ' When soft winds come,' frW their island' home, . , ... With their trembling breath so low, . I listen 'lotio, to their low, wild toue',- " . As they gently coloe and go. When the cool dews weep, o'er1 a'worldf asleep, Gemiii'f the flowers with tears; IT-, And shadows deep, o'er my sad hoart craejr,-As I dream of other years. Ah! then we dream of tho eyes that beam, With holiest light of love; , ',' '. , . . And to us they seem, to have caught the' gleam, Of the angels' eyes above. EVELINA, , . , Fur tlm Utpubliuaa. M&id Wurcle. . , , How they chill our feelings and send the' blood curdling and cold into our win 111 hearts! Yet, we utter them olten , and 1 nr excuse is' ever ready, "I was angry" or "vuxed." - The words ctnie ci ueily forth; wc see tcara springing to innocent eyes; and in the still night hours, the vision haunts us, and our bed is covered with thorns instead of balmy Uoivers. " v. . How many hoffrs we have wept, when bur r-hcurts were full of "gushing tenderness, '' as wo remembered an unkind word spoken "by"f one we loved more than all eW on eurib.-" Tears, 'tis true are like summer showers," they noon pass, leaving behind them, a softened beauty.a sweet quiet that is almost happins; but who would wish them to How Jruin Ohe effects of thoir unkind ness? How much better could 'we remember aN" ways, that, "He that is slow to anger Is bet'-: ter than the mighty, and he that lohtlh biaV spirit, than ho that luketb a city,1; wj Could we only remember to ever 'speak pleasantly toall.feol'ng that.'Tleasant-woTda1''' are at hoiieyoomb, - tweet, Li itaai-saoai; smUT health 10 the boce.' .., . ,, M..irM . "Death and life are inthepower of the tongue, 'J and yet how vory thoughilessly'Ve. ' uso it! How well we ought towcifh otff'w every word, how pure ourthonghlg should ever be! how mild andUiuanagtailciMiflem. pestous spirits shoulil.become!; bt But, no, the ellort will eost us something and we do not wis 1 t iaU r lo bccotie'mlld l and kind, and we still utter the passionate words that our bad letnpers suggest., m, ;.. i . 'Dead! If I could 01y call iiirn bacliir Va life" ' I would give woilds to call. him back,. , long enough to only ubtniu his forgiveness-,''' for those cruel words I Uttered!"' Death dims!" the eyes we dimmed with; leuru, andsealetbe.-' lips thatquivoiud wiihemoti,gn,Htillsthe.heart-,, that wo caused to wildiy U-ut in sorrow. , Then we wish forgiveness, but our pride 'is "' conquered und our hearts milted too late,' tot-lute!. . . . :. . : ! JiYKLiNA-. InAN. Sept. 2d, 1858. , ., - 'For the RepMUfcarf"" "School Teachera " " Brotukb Cocurah ' -"':.; . i In a late number of the Republican I notice i a communication from a School Teacher, in, , rcierencc to the qualilicaliou of tetchors, modo of instruction, negligoi.ee of School Di- '' rectors, &c. which is all very well in its place, and I trust it will be the means of Stir.d ring up to more diligence and faithfulness en , the part of those whom it may concern. But my more immediate object in writing at this time, is to suggest a few thoughts for ' tho consideration ol the " School Exania- ers ; " and being somewhat acquainted with . the members of that honorable body, L trust they will take in kinduets what I shall say. As 1 understand the School Law. the ob- " ject is lo elevate the standard f qualifica- lion m icacncrs, ana as a nrcessary conse- , quence, to stimulato the mind of the pupil, to attain to higher degrees of Education. At it 4 is a principle in philosophy, that the stream 1 cannot rise higher than the fountain, ae ia i reference to the school teacher, he cannot in- . struct his pupil in branches of Education of which he himself is ignorant. ' ' Hence tho importance of having ttachcrt ' well qualified themselves, before they voder tiiko to instruct others; and the equally, great importance that none should be allowed lopass an examination at the hands of Ihe"' ' School Examiners," as qualified for Instruct tore, except they possess the requisite quali-1 lication. To be a little more plaig, we think our Srhool Examiners have been remiss irt . duty, by giving certificates of qualification to teach, when in mttmj inslancs, they do aot possess one single qualification ; and resllyx some of thi ni seem to he fully aware ef their, incompetency, from the fact, that tiny know , (hoy cunnol command good wages, they un derbid good teachers, and pet siluatient, while' those better qualified remain anenipleyed f. and 00s reason is, so many of our School Di-, rectors themselves, have not enouph du-. cation,' to know the want of it. Therefore ' they don't depend on their ewn judgment, in 1 tho selection of a teacher, bat . are satuuW with Ihe fact, of their bsving a erl ideate, from the School Examiners, making it strist-ly a busbies transaction, to emplof the per- son who will leach for the least mnnig. 't fiach teachers may be seen at the proper, season, peddling llienisclrea through .lb, country, and selling themselves tothe highest bidder. ........ While we are ssli.lfied that the Exsminel j in giving certificates lo such rons, are a tuatod by the best of motive-, thinking pet hups, some districts would be without itsrh. em, If they were to refuse all, ho in their Judgj ment are not Well enough quahflrd for teach inn., In our bumble opinion lhv art mittM ken... Butter, far heller, to , be t-.ilh.iuti. teacher for one term, or oven two. thao U emplny a teacher who will bnde In 'three' months, mora than they will hv und s) good teachor in. the same knglli f lime, IH lutprp, we hope our Examiners will, as nmrh as In them lien, rave us this di:gisct.' " " - J -..I ..: -.: a.j.-r Ciat, September -12, 185R. ! V .' Il WlT ANI I?I.UII. r'l he reeem n!urm n'i kutsing alilch has been going the round M, ' it seems, only a Utter one nioJennsd. Th original it as follow at -is - , s,,r "Studying grammar ene day with a, M atii a j'ieiion 1 inmigiii i would amp ne.-;,,;, t a kid her what kind of a noun a ki4t r Bh said 'twit boih t m-a a id frym-1